The MailOnline likened Lena's cover to the recent Elle cover featuring Mindy Kaling and Adele's British Vogue cover in 2012.

But not everyone is hankering after more Lena on the cover.

HuffPost UK Lifestyle editor Poorna Bell, says Lena's body - present on the cover or not - shouldn't be the only thing the media focus on.

"There do seem to be a lot of these outrage stories around stars who feature on fashion covers who are supposedly cropped in such a way that doesn't include their bodies. But the fact is that we're applying a template for models - whose bodies are their commodity - to stars like Mindy Kaling and Lena Dunham, whose claim to fame is their wit, their writing and their TV shows," she says.

"To say that Lena should have a full body shot for the sake of it isn't progressive - it's all about using the best, most powerful shot. That picture is pretty hard to argue with - it's compelling, it draws you in, and you want to know what she has to say - which surely is more important."

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Meet Our Body Image Heroes

Meet Our Body Image Heroes

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Lady Gaga

After the media focused on her alleged weight gain in September 2012, Gaga hit back at critics by baring her body in photographs, sharing her struggles with an eating disorder, and inviting her fans to join her in a "body revolution."